So! I haven't updated you on the latest in "LB:LT", have I? I'm introducing a new character (and afterward a new item) in the series!
Yes, you again read the title right; Timber is a Scottish wolf, and the last one in existence at that. (As you might know, they were planning on reintroducing wolves to Britain after they became extinct, but that hasn't happened as far as I know...)
No one was really aware of Timber existence; those who did panicked and tried to kill him, but he escaped every time. One day, however, he awakens in a completely different environment; Time City of Evagren. After he is nearly dragged away and executed by castle guards, who have orders (mentally from Lord Shadowfang) to kill every talking beast that comes into the city, Lirin and Lilli come across him and Lilli recklessly claims that the "dog" is hers and that her just ate a fairy, explaining why he could talk.
She convinces the guards to give Timber up to her, and then they leave. After Lirin and Lilli speak with the wolf and learn where he's from, it's quite perplexing; Timber only gained the ability of speech upon arriving in this world, but how did he get here in the first place?
It is later confirmed that it was a glitch in the boundaries of time and space in the brief clash between Takuna and Lord Shadowfang, and Timber ended up in Evagren on the morning of Lirin's awakening.
Takuna also later tells Timber that it was a coincidence that he was needed in this world anyway in order to aid Lirin in his quest, so Timber agrees to stick with him, since he could find a way back in the meantime, after all.
Although later he realizes that he really doesn't want to go back, and he remains accompanying Lirin's party throughout pretty much the rest of the series.
Timber has a calm and resolute attitude, although he has a fierce and angry side when times call for it. He also has a rather refined manner of speech, not to mention a Scottish accent that still remains, of course, but because he gained the ability of speech, he can tend to talk to much and say some embarrassing things that seem normally to him since he's a wolf...
Timber is just a regular looking wolf; medium and light, tan-colored coat with brown, gray and black speckles and splotches on it, and he has gold eyes. (He looks like the photo of a wolf that's on my other blog; the snarly one. XD)
That's Timber! He's been around since the first version of "The Land of Evagren". He was in the second attempt and is now in the third attempt!
Now, for the Golden Chronicle... it's an item that's been around since the first time around also, only it was called "The Book of Time" before, but I noticed there was already "Time City" and "The Tower of Time" already, and I didn't want to get too repetitive, so I changed the name.
The Golden Chronicle is simply put by Takuna, "...a tangible manifestation of the power of Time Travel, or perhaps a very, very long history book recording every important era and event in our past and present, and it will record a new chapter every time a crucial event takes place in our timeline. It also allows one to use its power to move between these time periods."
He also added that it would not only help Lirin catch Lord Shadowfang, but it would make it much easier to find the lost blade that would defeat the beast.
The Golden Chronicle is quite an important item in this story.
In this story, Lirin had asked for Lenora's aid in the plan to stop Lord Shadowfang, although he did not want to since he doesn't like her very much at all, but he had no choice since she was the only one who was connected to the enemy's power besides him.
The plan was eventually laid out by Lirin, Lenora, and Takuna; Takuna would work with Lenora, combining both their powers to dig through time while having the ability to track Lord Shadowfang and his whereabouts. When he is located, it is up to Lenora to be transported to the time period where Lord Shadowfang is and trick him into thinking she's aiding him in his evil plots, while she's actually slipping all his information to Takuna and Lirin discreetly and giving them the upper hand instead.
And when the time comes, Lirin must be in possession of the lost blade and he must go in for the kill and defeat Lord Shadowfang once and for all!
That's the plan, at least. Who knows how well it will go for them...
Well, that's all for now! I probably won't be revealing too much more of the storyline for now, just a little when I go to introduce new characters.
Wolf
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
NaNoWriMo Novel: Midori the Green Wolf
........What are you thinking about right now? You've just seen the title of this post. Somethin' about a green wolf called Midori...
WELL! That's the name of my novel! As the title suggests, it's about a green wolf. His name is Midori (I'm aware this is a girl's name, yes. XD), and that's the Japanese word for green. By the way, this novel IS set in Japan, or a different version of it.
The gist of it is, there's an evil fog engulfing the beautiful land, and when Midori is born to a regular pack of wolves in the clan of the Yama Inu Forest, (which lies at the base of the Ookami Mountains) his parents are quite perplexed, but do not abandon him.
Six months later, he's out playing by himself, when suddenly, a band of warrior wolves from the Yami Plain invade the forest, apparently targeting him. After his father protects him, he is forced to flee from the forest as fast as his legs can carry him.
However, the dark fog has already spread to the central Nippon Field, and after witnessing the sun shattering into thousands of pieces, he accidentally gets caught up in it, passing out.
A little, flying, sprite-pixie thing (or a fairy) named Taiyou finds him there a after nearly a year, and he is strangely not frozen like the other creatures caught up in it. She manages to wake him up and pull him (with difficulty) out of the fog, and explains to him that something has happened to the sun goddess, Amaterasu, whom she was a messenger of, previously.
Midori is informed that he was blessed by the goddess's power and was able to withstand the force of the cursed fog all this time, and Taiyou tells him that he's the one she was told to seek, and that he is responsible for dispelling this horrible fog.
Together they return to the Yama Inu Forest, where the Temple of Yuki sits, guarded by Midori's grandfather, Isamu. But instead of finding the guardian, they instead stumble upon a phony priestess to reveals herself to actually be a terrible nine-tailed fox, which they must defeat.
With difficulty, they manage, and then all of a sudden, a kagami (mirror) known as the Golden Power of Takamagahara appears and comes to Midori, accepting him as its wielder and allowing him to use its godly power to smite evil.
Taiyou explains that it can be both a weapon and a shield, and she tells them that there are two other pieces of it he needs to get before he can fully master its power.
The sun returns to this area and pierces the darkness, breaking the evil fog away from this one area, and Isamu returns. He is shocked to see him again and tells him that he should check on the others in the pack, while he attends to making sure the gods are all right, or something like that.
Midori does as told, and he finds that his mother is quite ill. Before she passes out, she says that Midori's two siblings were taken by the Warriors of the Yami Plain, and she begs him to find them. He agrees, then takes her to her father (Isamu) and leaves her in his care as he sets off.
The rest of the story continues with him meeting new people and animals alike, dispelling the fog, and so on. It's quite an epic adventure, indeed!
And I admit it is greatly inspired by Okami, the video game by Capcom. But only a few aspects, I suppose; there's no Okami Amaterasu, celestial brush, or any obnoxious, perverted Poncle named Issun!!! Man, I can't stand that guy... I was hoping that Ammy would eat him already, but then I'd get utterly lost in the game. -_-
But anyway! Did you know that a lot of the game is actually inspired by Japanese fairytales and the Shinto religion's mythology? Amaterasu, Yamata no Orochi, Susano-o... and same goes for the mirror, rosary and glaive; all three of those divine items were offered to Amaterasu to try and coax her out of the cave that she had retreated to when her brother, Susano-o, had disrespected her terribly (and was thus cast from Takamagahara, A.K.A the High Plain of the Heavens, or something to that extent). After hiding there, she hid the sun as well, and that was a big problem...
Susano-o had to defeat the maiden-devouring Yamata no Orochi in order to make it up to Amaterasu, I think, but I don't really remember the details. XD
I don't believe in myths, though, they're just interesting to read about: especially Greek myths!
So, that said, I suppose that "Midori the Green Wolf" is inspired by Shinto mythology, and a little bit of Okami itself. I learned most of it from Okami first, after all. XD
And THAT, my friend, is my NaNoWriMo novel! "Midori the Green Wolf". After I finish it, I will hopefully meet my word count goal and win NaNoWriMo, and claim my free code for CreateSpace! I'll get my own free copy of my book and sell my novel on Amazon, too, and like I said on my other blog, I plan to paint the cover image of my novel. It'll be great!!
Until next time! I'll keep you updated on the latest!
Wolf
WELL! That's the name of my novel! As the title suggests, it's about a green wolf. His name is Midori (I'm aware this is a girl's name, yes. XD), and that's the Japanese word for green. By the way, this novel IS set in Japan, or a different version of it.
The gist of it is, there's an evil fog engulfing the beautiful land, and when Midori is born to a regular pack of wolves in the clan of the Yama Inu Forest, (which lies at the base of the Ookami Mountains) his parents are quite perplexed, but do not abandon him.
Six months later, he's out playing by himself, when suddenly, a band of warrior wolves from the Yami Plain invade the forest, apparently targeting him. After his father protects him, he is forced to flee from the forest as fast as his legs can carry him.
However, the dark fog has already spread to the central Nippon Field, and after witnessing the sun shattering into thousands of pieces, he accidentally gets caught up in it, passing out.
A little, flying, sprite-pixie thing (or a fairy) named Taiyou finds him there a after nearly a year, and he is strangely not frozen like the other creatures caught up in it. She manages to wake him up and pull him (with difficulty) out of the fog, and explains to him that something has happened to the sun goddess, Amaterasu, whom she was a messenger of, previously.
Midori is informed that he was blessed by the goddess's power and was able to withstand the force of the cursed fog all this time, and Taiyou tells him that he's the one she was told to seek, and that he is responsible for dispelling this horrible fog.
Together they return to the Yama Inu Forest, where the Temple of Yuki sits, guarded by Midori's grandfather, Isamu. But instead of finding the guardian, they instead stumble upon a phony priestess to reveals herself to actually be a terrible nine-tailed fox, which they must defeat.
With difficulty, they manage, and then all of a sudden, a kagami (mirror) known as the Golden Power of Takamagahara appears and comes to Midori, accepting him as its wielder and allowing him to use its godly power to smite evil.
Taiyou explains that it can be both a weapon and a shield, and she tells them that there are two other pieces of it he needs to get before he can fully master its power.
The sun returns to this area and pierces the darkness, breaking the evil fog away from this one area, and Isamu returns. He is shocked to see him again and tells him that he should check on the others in the pack, while he attends to making sure the gods are all right, or something like that.
Midori does as told, and he finds that his mother is quite ill. Before she passes out, she says that Midori's two siblings were taken by the Warriors of the Yami Plain, and she begs him to find them. He agrees, then takes her to her father (Isamu) and leaves her in his care as he sets off.
The rest of the story continues with him meeting new people and animals alike, dispelling the fog, and so on. It's quite an epic adventure, indeed!
And I admit it is greatly inspired by Okami, the video game by Capcom. But only a few aspects, I suppose; there's no Okami Amaterasu, celestial brush, or any obnoxious, perverted Poncle named Issun!!! Man, I can't stand that guy... I was hoping that Ammy would eat him already, but then I'd get utterly lost in the game. -_-
But anyway! Did you know that a lot of the game is actually inspired by Japanese fairytales and the Shinto religion's mythology? Amaterasu, Yamata no Orochi, Susano-o... and same goes for the mirror, rosary and glaive; all three of those divine items were offered to Amaterasu to try and coax her out of the cave that she had retreated to when her brother, Susano-o, had disrespected her terribly (and was thus cast from Takamagahara, A.K.A the High Plain of the Heavens, or something to that extent). After hiding there, she hid the sun as well, and that was a big problem...
Susano-o had to defeat the maiden-devouring Yamata no Orochi in order to make it up to Amaterasu, I think, but I don't really remember the details. XD
I don't believe in myths, though, they're just interesting to read about: especially Greek myths!
So, that said, I suppose that "Midori the Green Wolf" is inspired by Shinto mythology, and a little bit of Okami itself. I learned most of it from Okami first, after all. XD
And THAT, my friend, is my NaNoWriMo novel! "Midori the Green Wolf". After I finish it, I will hopefully meet my word count goal and win NaNoWriMo, and claim my free code for CreateSpace! I'll get my own free copy of my book and sell my novel on Amazon, too, and like I said on my other blog, I plan to paint the cover image of my novel. It'll be great!!
Until next time! I'll keep you updated on the latest!
Wolf
Friday, August 12, 2011
LB:LT: Lilli Bahonan (and more about the storyline)
Yes, you read that right. Lilli BAHONAN. We're introducing a new character!
Lilli is but a seven-year-old girl living in the commoner's district in Time City. At the beginning of the story, Lirin awakens in the same house as her, and he's covered in old scars and fresh wounds, but he doesn't really notice.
Lirin can't remember his own name or what had happened to him [in the previous book], but with Lilli's help, he remembers it all. But what happened after all that?
But when Lilli calls him "father" he is alerted. He asks he is that was a slip of the tongue, but she only gets depressed when she realized he doesn't recognize her.
There's a lot of going back-and-forth and a lot of puzzlement over her and who her mother is. Lirin does admit that this young girl resembles him closely, but the name of her mother, Ellenore, doesn't ring a bell to him at all.
It wouldn't for to you, either. She's not in the previous book, anyway.
Yet the young girl insists she's his daughter, and when Lirin realizes that it's been eight years [since the last book], he knows he most definitely wasn't unconscious. But he has no recollection of what happened.
What did happen? You're probably very confused...
After leaving the city, Lirin meets Takuna outside, and Takuna explains to him that this was no accident; after he prevented Lord Shadowfang from killing Lirin, the beast of Rage possessed Lirin's body and fled, leaving Takuna with no choice but to give up for now. He couldn't exorcise the spirit lest he harm Lirin, and Lord Shadowfang had become far too strong, anyway, with all the Rage that he had gained upon entering the vessel.
He fled and hid away, and in the following eight years, followed through with his plans. On the eighth year, however, Takuna was able to kick him out of the body with his built-up power, awakening Lirin's real spirit and therefore awakening his true conscience and spirit.
In short, Lord Shadowfang had taken over Lirin's body and was using him for eight years, but Lirin didn't recall anything Lord Shadowfang had made him do because his own spirit was dormant.
In that time, Lilli came about, and Lord Shadowfang seemed to have plans for her in his evil plot to take over Evagren and kill Lirin, but then he nearly got completely exorcised by Takuna and fled the body (as a vulnerable spirit) to a different time period, because he had stolen some of Takuna's power previously.
Takuna finishes by telling Lirin that Lilli is to light the way for him, because she, too, holds some of Takuna's power, but has yet to fully realize it. Lirin must guard Lilli with his life and both he and Takuna must seek clues on Lord Shadowfang's whereabouts... and they both feel as if the crisis may extend beyond Evagren itself, not to mention the present time. Lord Shadowfang could corrupt a lot of things by going back in history....
So, that's a mixture of both the details of the storyline and about Lilli herself. Before I close for the day, I'll say a few more things about her:
Lilli knows a lot about what had happened that Lirin doesn't, since she wasn't the one with the absent spirit.
Neither of them know where Ellenore is, and when Lilli mentions something about not seeing her since an "incident", Lirin asks her what happened, but she doesn't seem to want to talk about it...
That about wraps things up for now! Until next time!
Wolf
Lilli is but a seven-year-old girl living in the commoner's district in Time City. At the beginning of the story, Lirin awakens in the same house as her, and he's covered in old scars and fresh wounds, but he doesn't really notice.
Lirin can't remember his own name or what had happened to him [in the previous book], but with Lilli's help, he remembers it all. But what happened after all that?
But when Lilli calls him "father" he is alerted. He asks he is that was a slip of the tongue, but she only gets depressed when she realized he doesn't recognize her.
There's a lot of going back-and-forth and a lot of puzzlement over her and who her mother is. Lirin does admit that this young girl resembles him closely, but the name of her mother, Ellenore, doesn't ring a bell to him at all.
It wouldn't for to you, either. She's not in the previous book, anyway.
Yet the young girl insists she's his daughter, and when Lirin realizes that it's been eight years [since the last book], he knows he most definitely wasn't unconscious. But he has no recollection of what happened.
What did happen? You're probably very confused...
After leaving the city, Lirin meets Takuna outside, and Takuna explains to him that this was no accident; after he prevented Lord Shadowfang from killing Lirin, the beast of Rage possessed Lirin's body and fled, leaving Takuna with no choice but to give up for now. He couldn't exorcise the spirit lest he harm Lirin, and Lord Shadowfang had become far too strong, anyway, with all the Rage that he had gained upon entering the vessel.
He fled and hid away, and in the following eight years, followed through with his plans. On the eighth year, however, Takuna was able to kick him out of the body with his built-up power, awakening Lirin's real spirit and therefore awakening his true conscience and spirit.
In short, Lord Shadowfang had taken over Lirin's body and was using him for eight years, but Lirin didn't recall anything Lord Shadowfang had made him do because his own spirit was dormant.
In that time, Lilli came about, and Lord Shadowfang seemed to have plans for her in his evil plot to take over Evagren and kill Lirin, but then he nearly got completely exorcised by Takuna and fled the body (as a vulnerable spirit) to a different time period, because he had stolen some of Takuna's power previously.
Takuna finishes by telling Lirin that Lilli is to light the way for him, because she, too, holds some of Takuna's power, but has yet to fully realize it. Lirin must guard Lilli with his life and both he and Takuna must seek clues on Lord Shadowfang's whereabouts... and they both feel as if the crisis may extend beyond Evagren itself, not to mention the present time. Lord Shadowfang could corrupt a lot of things by going back in history....
So, that's a mixture of both the details of the storyline and about Lilli herself. Before I close for the day, I'll say a few more things about her:
Lilli knows a lot about what had happened that Lirin doesn't, since she wasn't the one with the absent spirit.
Neither of them know where Ellenore is, and when Lilli mentions something about not seeing her since an "incident", Lirin asks her what happened, but she doesn't seem to want to talk about it...
That about wraps things up for now! Until next time!
Wolf
Lirin Bahonan: Legends of Tanakosk
I was thinking the other day; what's the purpose of waiting on my novel and doing nothing while I wait for the opportunity to tackle it an edit/revise it? I realized I had already developed my NaNoWriMo novel quite well (it's still lacking in some details, though), and there was nothing I could really do for some time. I was stumped, to say the least!
So, what am I doing right now? Nothing, until recently, when a couple of days ago, I started writing "Lirin Bahonan: Legends of Tanakosk" (A.K.A. "LB:LT") anyway! Why should I sit around and do nothing when I could easily just WRITE the second novel while I waited on the first?! There aren't any rules that say I can't, right?
So, yeah, that's what I'm doing right now. This novel has an odd and twisted-up plot, involving warped time, time travel, five royal wolves, a lot of confusion and mystery, a very layered storyline, and lastly, a flighty spirit. I mean that quite literally; Lord Shadowfang's spirit is flying around from time period to time period, and he's possessing people and animals alike while at it! Yeah, it's a little creepy, all right. He's a slippery, spectral rat!
I haven't gotten very far at all; it's only about 4,187 words. I've introduced two new characters, which I will post about later.
Wolf
So, what am I doing right now? Nothing, until recently, when a couple of days ago, I started writing "Lirin Bahonan: Legends of Tanakosk" (A.K.A. "LB:LT") anyway! Why should I sit around and do nothing when I could easily just WRITE the second novel while I waited on the first?! There aren't any rules that say I can't, right?
So, yeah, that's what I'm doing right now. This novel has an odd and twisted-up plot, involving warped time, time travel, five royal wolves, a lot of confusion and mystery, a very layered storyline, and lastly, a flighty spirit. I mean that quite literally; Lord Shadowfang's spirit is flying around from time period to time period, and he's possessing people and animals alike while at it! Yeah, it's a little creepy, all right. He's a slippery, spectral rat!
I haven't gotten very far at all; it's only about 4,187 words. I've introduced two new characters, which I will post about later.
Wolf
Sunday, August 7, 2011
It's Finished!
"Lirin Bahonan: Rising Rage" is finished! It's 72,905 words right now, and all that's left to do is to edit and revise it and I can move on to the next book in the series, "Lirin Bahonan: Legends of Tanakosk"!
Stay tuned and I'll keep you updated with the latest in editing and revising so you can see what I changed and what I will change, and how far I've gotten. I'm planning on abandoning the manuscript until after NaNoWriMo, or until after I've finished editing and revising my NaNoWriMo novel itself. We'll see.
Later on, I'll also tell you more about this second book, but I won't begin writing it for awhile.
...Whew. Want to know why I didn't tell you anything that happened after the Ghost Ship? Well, it's ultimate spoilers. ULTIMATE. Trust me.
Wolf
Stay tuned and I'll keep you updated with the latest in editing and revising so you can see what I changed and what I will change, and how far I've gotten. I'm planning on abandoning the manuscript until after NaNoWriMo, or until after I've finished editing and revising my NaNoWriMo novel itself. We'll see.
Later on, I'll also tell you more about this second book, but I won't begin writing it for awhile.
...Whew. Want to know why I didn't tell you anything that happened after the Ghost Ship? Well, it's ultimate spoilers. ULTIMATE. Trust me.
Wolf
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